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I can see it happening. You have to utilize a lot of other one person startup services, so ultimately it’s a still a virtual company. But you won’t have to be

by ivape 1y ago

I can see it happening. You have to utilize a lot of other one person startup services, so ultimately it’s a still a virtual company. But you won’t have to be beholden to anyone other than the customer.

ghaff 1y ago
You almost certainly want to have a partner you can depend on to backfill and probably a few people who you have vetted and aren't just a relatively anonymous email. I don't really buy that it makes sense to just be a single-person company at that scale even with external services.
0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
If it were really pulling in that kind of revenue, surely you would need/want in house accounting/tax.
- ghaff 1y ago
  I'd probably worry less about in-house accounting and legal than I would a lot of other things. Those are probably pretty hirable. Depends on the nature of the business of course. As I noted elsewhere, my more immediate concern would be someone who could handle critical matters if you, your wife, or your child is sick (or god forbid you go on vacation) and there are immediate important matters that need to be dealt with properly.
rideontime 1y ago
The dream of AI: eliminating all human relationships not mediated by a B2B SaaS contract.
- cayleyh 1y ago
  I structure all my personal relationships around B2B SaaS contracts. Mom isn't happy when I make changes to the ToS but I've got pretty hard vendor lock-in and a defensible moat there, so I mostly don't worry about the reputational damage.
jibolash 1y ago
So every individual becomes a company? The natural tendency of capitalism is to create bigger companies for "scale". Even if it was possible, what exactly would be the benefit of one person companies?
- supportengineer 1y ago
  Everyone can write off their very own Ford Raptor for starters
- ivape 1y ago
  If you can’t imagine the benefits then don’t worry about it. The jungle ain’t for everybody.
  - jibolash 1y ago
    Okay Tarzan

by ivape 1y ago

ghaff 1y ago

You almost certainly want to have a partner you can depend on to backfill and probably a few people who you have vetted and aren't just a relatively anonymous email. I don't really buy that it makes sense to just be a single-person company at that scale even with external services.

0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago

If it were really pulling in that kind of revenue, surely you would need/want in house accounting/tax.

ghaff 1y ago
I'd probably worry less about in-house accounting and legal than I would a lot of other things. Those are probably pretty hirable. Depends on the nature of the business of course. As I noted elsewhere, my more immediate concern would be someone who could handle critical matters if you, your wife, or your child is sick (or god forbid you go on vacation) and there are immediate important matters that need to be dealt with properly.

rideontime 1y ago

The dream of AI: eliminating all human relationships not mediated by a B2B SaaS contract.

cayleyh 1y ago
I structure all my personal relationships around B2B SaaS contracts. Mom isn't happy when I make changes to the ToS but I've got pretty hard vendor lock-in and a defensible moat there, so I mostly don't worry about the reputational damage.

jibolash 1y ago

So every individual becomes a company? The natural tendency of capitalism is to create bigger companies for "scale". Even if it was possible, what exactly would be the benefit of one person companies?

supportengineer 1y ago
Everyone can write off their very own Ford Raptor for starters
ivape 1y ago
If you can’t imagine the benefits then don’t worry about it. The jungle ain’t for everybody.
- jibolash 1y ago
  Okay Tarzan